What was it like in 1999

[Hoggen]

Logging in to find you are drowning in a small pool in Oggok or Grobb that for some reason you can't crawl out of.

Zoning to drop for 32 k, in some random spot in the middle of the zone, with no time to get a loc.

Having people offer to CR you, only to strip your corpse.

Being surrounded by gigantic gnome and halfling corpses.

Staring at the book.

Falling through the boat due to lag, dying to undead in the sea, and having your corpse lost in the middle of it.